DECEMBER 2022: Quick News and Updates from the Pullias Center

Pullias Center, UCLA, UC Davis Receive Grant to Create Racial Equity Framework for California Community College Baccalaureate Program

USC’s Pullias Center, UCLA SE&IS and UC Davis School of Education are recipients of a grant aimed to support the development of a racial equity framework for Community College Baccalaureate Programs (CCBP) in California.

Dr. Adrian H. Huerta of USC’s Pullias Center, along with UCLA SEIS’s Cecilia Rios-Aguilar and UC Davis’ Marcela Cuellar, have been awarded a $275,000 grant from the College Futures Foundation.

An Opinion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Are Necessary, But Poor Substitutes For Justice

By John Slaughter

USC University Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Education and Engineering

Many higher education leaders and pundits are convinced that affirmative action in college and university admission practices will be on the chopping block as a result of the US. Supreme Court’s hearings on the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases before them. The plaintiffs, Students for Fair Admissions, have charged that, in their efforts to achieve diverse student bodies, those institutions discriminate against Asian American applicants in favor of less-qualified students, primarily Black and Latinx candidates.

Delphi Award Winners

2022 Delphi Award Winners Detail their Winning Entries to Support NTTF

The winners of the 2022 Delphi Award, Dominican University of California and Montgomery College, as well as finalists University of Texas-San Antonio and the University of California-AFT, share details of their programs in their Case Studies, now available on the Pullias Center website.

The programs developed and implemented by these institutions support their non-tenure-track faculty with a myriad of enhancements, including strengthening job security and professional development, providing leadership and advocacy opportunities, and improving compensation and benefits. The case studies were developed by the Pullias Center, in partnership with administrators and faculty from the institutions.

Pullias Center Director Adrianna Kezar and AAC&U's Ashley Finley will lead a panel with leaders from Dominican University of California and Montgomery College as they discuss innovations in supporting contingent faculty at the AAC&U Annual Meeting on January 20 in Washington DC.

Save the Date:

44th Annual Pullias Lecture with Dr. Shirley M. Malcom

Set for March 21, 2023

Mark your calendars now for the 2023 Pullias Lecture! Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Shirley Malcom, Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general science organization.

The title of her talk is "No Equity Without Systemic Change: My Personal Journey." The event will be held at the USC Town & Gown Ballroom on Tuesday, March 21 at 11am. Registration for the event will open in January. For more information, contact Diane Flores at the Pullias Center.

What's Your Role in Shared Equity Leadership?

Read our newest Shared Equity Leadership report that examines roles, "Leading for Equity from Where You Are: How Leaders in Different Roles Engage in Shared Equity Leadership " and read a conversation with Auburn University's Dr. Taffye Benson Clayton about how shared equity leadership and her functional role at her institution has shaped her leadership within the SEL model.

Pullias Center Webinar

What is Critical Race Theory?

Join the Webinar January 26, 2023

What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)?

This oft-misunderstood theory has elicited strong responses and moral panic, with some researchers suggesting that CRT is not a theory and questioning its rigor and validity.

In this webinar, we will explore what CRT is and is not with a panel of scholars who ground their research and practice in CRT. The interactive zoom session will provide an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of our expert panel and learn more about CRT. The webinar will be facilitated by Pullias Center Alumni Award winners Raquel M. Rall (UC Riverside) and Antar Tichavakunda (UC Santa Barbara) who were awarded a Pullias Center 2022 Alumni Award to support racial equity-related research and projects. Read more...

USC Rossier & Pullias Center is the Editorial Home of Change Magazine

Did you know that USC Rossier & the Pullias Center is the editorial home for higher education publication Change Magazine? Pullias Center Director Adrianna Kezar serves as Executive Editor and KC Culver is Associate Editor of the print and web magazine.

Change, which is published six times a year, is a magazine dealing with contemporary issues in higher education. Using a magazine format rather than that of an academic journal, Change covers anything related to higher education, "all things higher education." It spotlights trends; provides new insights and ideas; and analyzes the implications of educational programs, policies, and practices.

Recent articles include "The Role of Colleges and Universities in Defending and Preserving Democracy" by William G. Tierney, and "Reflecting on Two Years of Pandemic: What Should We Keep and What Should We Leave behind?" by Vasti Torres, Brian McGowan & Adrianna Kezar.

Learn more about Change Magazine, here.